So stripes v reds under 18. 3-2. Dull game. Two soft penalties I gave. But best was from the stripes players I sent off in the 30th minute. At the end he and a couple of players approached me to discuss his red and in fairness to them they didn't ever over step the mark. But I was told the following by them.
"You can't referee by a rule book, you have to take it in context of the game."
"You have to speak to the players before the game and tell them what you will show a red card for."
"Refereeing at this level is too inconsistent to give a red for that."
"I've never heard a player get sent off for that before."
"I didn't know you could be sent off for that."
So all in all pretty annoyed and the manager said they'll appeal it. The player was about 40 yards from the CAR who just given offside and shouted "You f****** cheat. Stop f****** cheating. Stop f****** cheating." Sooooo good luck appealing that. Obviously I was also told I ruined the game. Yawn!
"You can't referee by a rule book, you have to take it in context of the game."
"You have to speak to the players before the game and tell them what you will show a red card for."
"Refereeing at this level is too inconsistent to give a red for that."
"I've never heard a player get sent off for that before."
"I didn't know you could be sent off for that."
So all in all pretty annoyed and the manager said they'll appeal it. The player was about 40 yards from the CAR who just given offside and shouted "You f****** cheat. Stop f****** cheating. Stop f****** cheating." Sooooo good luck appealing that. Obviously I was also told I ruined the game. Yawn!